Rikke Møller Pedersen (born 9 January 1989) is a Danish competitive swimmer specialising in breaststroke and from 2013 to 2021 world record holder in the 200 m breaststroke (2:19.11).[1][2][3]
 Møller Pedersen at the 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  Denmark |
| Born | 9 January 1989 Odense, Denmark |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Herning Svømmeklub / NTC |
| Coach | Shannon Rollason |
Medal record | |
Career edit
In 2009, Møller Pedersen won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.[4]
In 2010, she won a Bronze Medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships, while she placed second in the 100 m breaststroke and third in the 200 m breaststroke at the European Aquatics Championships.[4]
At the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships, she won two gold medals, in the 4×50 m medley relay and in the 200 m breaststroke respectively, and a Silver Medal in the 100 m breaststroke.[4]
In 2012, Møller Pedersen competed at the Summer Olympics for the first time.[4] At the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres she placed first in the 100 m breaststroke and she set the European record with a time of 1:04.12.[5] In this edition of the European Short Course Championships, she also won the 200 m breaststroke[6] and the 4×50 m medley relay events,[7] while she placed second in the 50 m breaststroke.[8]
At the 2012 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, she won the 200 m breaststroke event with a winning time of 2:16.08, the new championship record.[9] In Istanbul, she also placed third in the 100 m breaststroke[10] and first in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[11]
At the 2013 Danish Open Championships, she broke the European record in the 200 m breaststroke (long course) swimming in 2:20.53. The previous record belonged to Russian Yuliya Yefimova who had set a time of 2:20.92 at the 2012 London Olympics.[12]
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, Møller Pedersen broke Rebecca Soni's 200 m breaststroke world record in the semifinals with 2:19.11,[13] but she finished 2nd in the final behind Russian Yuliya Yefimova with a time of 2:20.08.[14]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a bronze medal as a part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay alongside Jeanette Ottesen, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Pernille Blume. Here they also broke the European record with a time of 3:55.01.
In April 2017 Rikke Møller Pedersen competed in the Danish Open national qualifiers for the upcoming World Championships in Budapest. She took part in the 100 m breaststroke event and finished first with a time of 1:07.33, which qualified her for the World Championships.[15]
Rikke Møller Pedersen competed in the 2017 Stockholm Swim Cup. In the 50 m breaststroke event she finished third with a time of 31.45.[16] She won the 200 m breaststroke event by posting a time of 2:25.59.[17]
After a distinguished career spanning over several Olympic Games, she announced her retirement in January 2019 via posts on her Facebook and Instagram profiles.
References edit
- ^ Dam, Camilla (21 September 2013). "Rikke Møller Pedersen skifter fra Odense til Herning". dr.dk. DK. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ Grace, Jeff (22 September 2013). "Rikke Moller Pedersen makes a change of address". swimswam.com. SwimSwam Partners, LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ Rikke Pedersen's profile at the Olympic Games 2012 official site Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "Rikke's Profile" (in Danish). ol.dk. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Hannah Miley, Rikke Moeller Pedersen set euro records on last night of Euro Short Course Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 4×50m Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Zhao Jing, Rikke Moeller Pedersen, Kazuya Kineda set meet marks". Swimming World Magazine. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 4×100m Medley Final Results". Omega Timing. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Rikke Moeller Pedersen breaks 200 breast European record at Danish Open Trials". swimswam.com. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "World Record! Rikke Moller Pedersen nearly clears 2:19 in 200 breast semis". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "15th FINA World Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ svoem.dk. "Rikke Møller Pedersen klarer VM-kravet på 100 bryst". www.svoem.dk. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Sjöström Shines, Two Swedish Nat'l Records Fall in Stockholm". SwimSwam. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Sarah Sjostrom Thunders To 23.83 World Textile Best To Prune Blume". SwimVortex. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
External links edit
- Rikke Pedersen at World Aquatics
- Rikke Moller Pedersen at Swimrankings.net
- Rikke Møller Pedersen at Olympedia
- Rikke Moller Pedersen at Olympics.com
- Official website of Rikke Møller Pedersen at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2013) (in Danish)
